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1.4 +WebStack is a package which provides a common API for Python Web applications,
1.5 +regardless of the underlying server or framework environment. It should be
1.6 +possible with WebStack to design and implement an application and to choose a
1.7 +deployment environment, without having to go back and rewrite large parts of
1.8 +that application to work in the chosen environment or in other environments
1.9 +(should the deployment requirements change after the application has been
1.10 +written).
1.11 +
1.12 +Currently, BaseHTTPRequestHandler (via BaseHTTPServer in the standard library),
1.13 +mod_python, Twisted and Webware are supported. Each framework has its own set of
1.14 +strengths and weaknesses, but the idea is that deployment concerns can be
1.15 +considered separately from the implementation of application functionality.
1.16 +
1.17 +Things to consider for future releases: higher-level authentication support,
1.18 +cookie handling, redirects.